* We have ten copies of Billy's Bucket written by Kes Gray and illustrated by Garry Parsons (Red Fox, 5.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard...
We have two lunch baskets (Asco, 13.95) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Lunch basket', to the address on page 3....
We have 15 copies of Can't you sleep, Little Bear? by Martin Waddell (Walker Books, 4.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope to the...
Some nurseries that have been inspected by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care have been told that all managerial staff should be working towards a level 4 qualification in early years...
The case of Vanessa George, the Plymouth nursery worker accused of child abuse and making and distributing indecent images of young children, has shocked and horrified the early years sector (see...
While the number of total childcare places has been rising in recent years, the sharp decline in the ranks of childminders has gone almost unnoticed (see News, page 4).
The rattle is a favourite gift for a newborn baby, but did you know that these simple toys go back as far as the second century BC? Long ago they were made from dried gourds or hollowed-out bones and...
The new Channel 4 programme, 'Train Your Baby Like a Dog', is emblematic of attitudes to young children that need to change.
The national bookgifting scheme has been preserved in reduced form. Viv Hampshire looks at the benefits it still offers children.